Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-24
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ozn yesterday thai % Tuesday eveainI
o. LAST week large uambeR Of citizens
ineiading m4ny politicians and proDi
nenf walters Who we're making toaT o.
ALASKA, held Q grand mas msefinG q
TIE eourt house IN ygnaan, whers werI
delivered a0me Rf0win9 arE1G - a. whl
ALASKA should not be accorded to
same privileges which are granted q
other Territories Of TIE UBion.
Hon 4. W. Ferry, En- United STATES
senator from Michigan, and once Get.
Ing - Vice President Of the United
states. was inirod1eed by the Chair.
man. Ee dwest Hpan the theme With
mach eArnea8ness. and presented the
snb1eca before tbs meeting In snch q
vigorous and eloquent manner, that II
vas received with much enfhuainstie
applause. The vast mineral resources
which bid fair 20 Outweigh the eou-
bsned mining Industries Of the haianee
OF the world we're dWelt upon With
glowing phrases. Az the aloss Of shs
meeting . COMMITTEES was appointed,
consisting Of J. G. Howard, w. @. Or
ton, l. l.. Williams and d. II. Murphy,
Who we're instructed 10 prepare an in
strunent In writing setting forth the
faets constituting the basis upon which
their grievances are 10 be made known,
enc 20 formulate petition 10 Congress
: ID % the heads Of the proper govern
rnenf i departments, asking that inams-
diate attention Be given 10 the matter ss
Get forth.
sUxKAU NOTES.
Appropriate obscFvances Of the Fourth
OF July have been arranged for. Judge
Dawson will deliver the Grafton.
The gold mines in the BeFner Bay
district are turniRR out considerable
mineral.
Large improvements to the TreadweII
mining property, such az the erection Of
large quartz mills and other necessary
machinery are going on rapidly.
The steam schooner Leo arrived on
she 18th from the Sound and Isft next
day for Sitka on Der return voyage
No further advices have been received
from the Yukon river relating TO the re-
ported trouble between the miners and
the Indians.
INDIAN INSPECTOR.
+: G. Armstrong, Indian inspector, Of
the Interior Department, was a passen-
ger yesterday fer Neah Ray, where he
goes fer the purpose Of ascertaIninR the
condition Of the tribe. Mr.. Armstrop0
said 20 the Posi- IHTRLLIGKNCKR repoFf
or; The tribe which is furthest ad.
yaneed Ia civilization on the Pacific
Coast, that have visited so far, e the
Coeur d'Alene tribe. They are self
supporting and have large farms
under cultivation, which Weld them
good incomes. l will remain in DIAL
lam county for two or three weeks, in
specsinR the various tribes, and then /
.ill report their condition 10 the Int
nor Department"
OTHKB BRKvTrIRs.
Ninety colonists arrived az Pert An
gelosl On Wednesday night from Chioa-
70. A large number Of Young peopIa
are among the emigrants. One man came
10t With nine unmarried daughters.
The Port Angeles colony is likely 70 be-
,onle quite popular among the Young
men on the Sound II many more such
families arrive there.
A large nu@beF Of those Who vent to
Victoria 10 attend the Queen's Jubilee
'etsrned yesterday on the North Pacific.
The steamer Dispatch was well loaded
yesterday with passengers for the lower
sound, for tbe Port Angeles colony.
The Raymond excuFsionists passed
,hroaRh 20 Victoria on the Starr yesteE-
lay.
The ship Edward O'Brisn, loaded
With 3S00 tons Of coal from Tacoma,
arrived in San Francisco on Sunday az
ier quick voyage of six days.
The schooner Annie Lassen, lumber
aden from Port Gamble, arrived in
San Pedro on Sunday.
The British bark joliet Trahey, load
ID with $4,000 feet Of lamber from Ia
soma, cleared yesterday for Valparaiso.
PoRT TOWNSEND. June q, 1887.